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Sometimes i wish more people would care more about making good products rather than the next buzzword middleware stack which solves everything.

• tikhonj 15y ago
  Calling the internet a "buzzword middleware stack" is underplaying the fundamental differences between the web and native apps. Even now making a web app as opposed to a native app does not necessarily preclude quality; as mobile web browsers and technologies mature, web apps are going to afford developers more and more quality. If I wanted to make a quality app to reach even just both Android and iPhones, I would effectively have to implement it twice--first in Java and then in Objective-C, using different libraries throughout. With a web app, I could write it once. Of course, maintaining browser compatibility and overcoming potential shortcomings of current browsers probably means it would take me longer to write the web app to a similar level of quality than either the Android or iPhone app; however, it would almost definitely not take longer than both put together. Thus, I would have more time to add quality to my web app--and less maintenance headaches--than I would just supporting both Android and iPhone natively (not to mention other platforms like Blackberry or Windows Phone). Ultimately, I think it's the people who just want to make quality products that can reach a large audience who should care about web apps.